Toilet case



June 17, 1924. 1,497,920

G. LEE

TOILET CASE Filed June 4. 1923 MWM 5% Patented June 17, 1924.

UNITED STATES- GEORGE LEE, OF CHICAGO, ILLINO'ISL TOILET CASE.

Application filed June 4,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, G ORGE LEE, a citizen of the United States, residingat Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented acertain new and useful Improvement in Toilet Cases, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, concise, and exact description, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawing, forming a part of this:specification.

My invention relates particularly to portable toilet cases such as arecarried about by ladies although not limited to this use alone.

The main object of the invention resides in the provision of a compact,convenient, orderly, and clean toilet case which will contain all of thematerials usually desired to be contained in a portable toilet case.

l/Vith the above object in view my inven tion consists in certainfeatures of novelty in the construction, combination, and arrangement ofparts by which the said object and certain other objects, hereinafterappearing, are effected, all as fully described with reference to theaccompanying drawing and more particularly pointed out in. the claims. 2i

In the said drawing- Figure 1 is a central vertical section of a toiletcase embodying my invention.

Figure 2 is a top plan View with the up per inner and outer covers,hereinafter described, broken away.

Figure 3 is a bottom plan view with the lower inner and outer covers,hereinafter described, broken away.

Like characters of reference indicate like parts in the several views. fIn the said drawings 1 designates a cylindrical body member intorespective ends of which are forced-and secured flanged opposite wallmembers 2 forming with the member 1 a hollow body. One of the members 2has an outwardly facing central compartment 3 formed inwardly therefrom,and the other wall member2 has a plurality of ou-twardly facingcompartments 4,5, 6, and

7 formed inwardly therefrom. The wall member 2 having the compartment 3formed therein has aplurality of upstanding projections 8 strucktherefrom and spaced around theicompartment 3.

A closure member, comprising a fiat an- ,nula-r member 9 and a screen 11extending 1923. Serial No. 643,3 7.

across the opening of the member 9 and secured to the edges ofthe'opening' and forming' a reticulated opening through the closuremember, is releasably secured to the body by engagement of the outeredge of the annular member 9 'withthe ro'jec tions 8 and overlies therespective wall mem- I her 2 and the compartment 3 thereof. This closuremember forms a powder receptacle with the compartment 3 andthe saidreticulated opening provides the receptacle with a reticulated openinglGomplexion'po'wder' 12 Ina-y be placed in the compartment'3 by re-jvmoving the closure'member, and a bail 13 1S pivotally secured at itsopposite ends to the annular member 9 so that the closure member may beconveniently removed and replaced, the bail being arranged to lieagainst the outer surface of the annular member 9 and to extend aroundoutwardly of the opening thereof when in normal posit-ion as shown. Aninner cover 14 is hinged at "15 to the body and is adapted when inclosed position to overlie the closure'memher and is provided with anoutwardly e ncave central portion 16 overlying the reticulated openingof the closure member. The I cover 14 is adapted when in closed positioni to retain a powder puff 17 over and closing tributed over the onesurface thereof through the reticulated opening so that the puff ischarged without the powder spreading about. The convenience of thisarrangement is'obvious.

Another inner cover 18 is hinged at 19 to the body and is adapted whenin closed position tooverlie the other wall member 2, having thecompartments 4:, 5, 6, and 7 formed therein, andto overlie thesecompartments'. The compartments 1, 5, 6,and 7 are designed to:. receiverespectively a quantity of facial cream 21, apiece of complexion rouge22, a lip stick, not shown, and

a perfume bottle, notshown, and the cover 18, is adapted when in closedposition to retain the lip stick and perfume bottle the respective comartments 6 and 7, and to retain a rouge pa 23 over and against the crouge 22 in the compartment 5. Thus these articles are retained in anorderly fashion when this cover is closed.

A pair of flanged outer covers 24: are hinged respectively at 25 and 26to the body and are adapted when in closed position to overlaprespective ends of the body and to overlie respective inner covers 14and 18. These outer covers are releasably secured in closed position ina usual manner by means of nibs 27, formed on the body, engagingrecesses 28, formed on the flanges of the covers opposite the hingeportions thereof. Mirrors 29 are mounted on the insides of respectiveouter covers 24, and the central portion of one mirror engages the innercover 14, and the other mirror engages a nib 30 formed on the innercover 1 8 when the covers are closed whereby to prevent movement of theinner covers out of closed position when the outer covers are closed.The mirrors 29 lie between respective inner and outer covers when theyare closed and are separated from the articles carried in the case bythe inner covers so that they remain clean and ready for use. Upon theopening of either outer cover the mirror thereof may be used and thematerials contained in thecase are accessible by opening the respectiveinner cover. 7

While I have herein shown and'particularly described the preferredembodiment of my invention I do-not wish to be limited to the precisedetails of construction shown as changes may readily be made without departing from the spirit of my invention, but

having thus described my'invention, I claim' as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent the following 1. A toilet case including a powderreceptacle provided with a reticulated opening, an innercover hinged tothe receptacle and adapted when in closed position to overlie saidopening and to retain a powder put? over and closing said opening, anouter cover hinged to the receptacle. and adapted when 1n closedpos1t1on to overlie the inner cover whereby to prevent movement of theinner cover out of closed position, releasable means for retaining theouter cover in closed position, and a :mirror arranged to lie betweenthe covers when they are closed.

2. A toilet case including a powder receptac1eprovided with areticulated opening, an inner cover hinged to the receptacle andprovided with an inwardly facing enclosure portion overlying saidopening and adapted toretain a powder pufi' over and closing saidopeningwhen the cover is in closed position, an'outer cover hinged to thereceptacle and adapted when in closed posi-' tion to overlie. the innercover whereby to prevent movement of the inner cover out ofclosedposition, releasable means for retaining theouter cover in closedposition, anda mirror mounted on the inside of the outer cover. 7

3. A toilet case including a powder receptacle comprising two separableparts, one

provided with a reticulated opening therethrough, an inner cover adaptedwhen in closed. position to overlie and retain a powder puff over andclosing said opening, an outer cover adapted when in closed position tooverlie the inner cover whereby to'prevent movement or": the inner coverout of closed position, releasable means for retaining the outer coverin closed position, and a mirror arranged to lie between the covers whenthey are closed.

5. A toilet case including a powder receptacle comprising two separableparts and means releasably securing them together, one of said partsbeing provided with a reticulated opening therethrough, an inner coverhinged to the other part of the receptacle and adapted when in closedposition to overlie and retain a powder puff over and closing saidopening, an outer cover hinged to said other part of the receptacle andadapted when in closed position to overlie the inner cover whereby toprevent movement of the inner cover out of closed position, releasablemeans for retaining the outer cover in closed position, and a mirrorarranged to lie between the covers when they are closed and mounted onone of the covers.

6. A toilet case including a body having ceptacle therewith and providedwith a reticulated opening there-through forming an opening for thisreceptacle,1nner covers adapted when inclosed position to re-.spectively overhe said closure member and the compartment portion ofthe other side of the body for retaining a powder puff overand closingsaid opening and for retaining certain articles in proper relation withcertain other coinpartments, outer covers adapted when in closedposition to overlie respective inner covers whereby to prevent movementof the inner covers out of closed position, and releasablemeans forretainingthe outer covers in closed position.

7.'A toilet case including a. hollow body having outwardly openingcompartments formed inwardly from respective of two opposite wallsthereof, a closure member releasably secured to the body and overlying acompartment of one of said walls and forming a powder receptacletherewith and provided with a reticulated opening therethrough formingan opening for this receptacle, inner covers adapted when closed torespectively overlie said closure member and the compartment portion ofthe other of said walls for retaining a powder puff over and closingsaid opening and for retaining certain articles in proper relation withcertain other compartments, outer covers adapted when in closed positionto overlie respective inner covers, releasable means for retaining theouter covers in closed position, and mirrors arranged to lie betweenrespective inner and outer covers when the covers are closed.

8. A toilet case including a body having compartments opening outwardlyfrom respective of two opposite sides thereof, a closure memberreleasably secured to said body and overlying a compartment of one sideof the body to form a powder receptacle therewith and provided with areticulated opening therethrough forming an opening for this receptacle,inner covers hinged to said body and adapted when closed to respectivelyoverlie said closure member and the compartment portion of the other ofsaid sides for retaining a powder puff over and closing said opening andfor I signature this twenty-eighth day of May,

retaining certain articles in proper relation with certain othercompartments, outer covers hinged to the body and adapted when in closedposit-ion to overlie respective inner covers, releasable means forretaining the outer covers in closed position, and mirrors arranged tolie between respective inner and outer covers when the covers areclosed.

9. A toilet case including a hollow body having an outwardly openingcompartment formed inwardly from one wall thereolf and a plurality ofoutwardly facing compartments formed inwardly from the opposite wallthereof and provided with upstanding projections spaced around the firstmentioned compartment, a closure member releasably secured to the bodyby engagement with said projections and overlying said first mentionedcompartment to form a powder receptacle therewith and provided with areticulated opening therethrough forming an opening for this receptacle,an inner cover. hinged to the body and adapted when in closed positionto overlie said 010- sure member and retain a powder puff over andclosing said opening, a second inner cover adapted when in closedposition to overlie the compartments of the second mentioned wall, outercovers hinged to the body and adapted when in closed position to overlierespective inner covers whereby to prevent movement of the inner coversout of closed position, releasable means for retaining the outer coversin closed position, and mirrors mounted on the insides of respectiveouter covers.

In witness whereof I hereunto aflix my GEORGE LEE.

